"hyperwoke" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more hyperwoke [comparative], most hyperwoke [superlative]
Etymology: hyper- + woke (“aware of social-justice issues”) Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|hyper|woke|gloss2=aware of social-justice issues}} hyper- + woke (“aware of social-justice issues”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} hyperwoke (comparative more hyperwoke, superlative most hyperwoke)
  1. (slang) Extremely or excessively woke. Tags: slang Synonyms: hyper-woke
    Sense id: en-hyperwoke-en-adj-K5UlFYZF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with hyper-

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